Reddit must share IP addresses of piracy-discussing users, film studios say::undefined

      • Rooki@lemmy.world
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        10 months ago

        And you know four billions vpns that log your action? VPNs are already not considered “safe” long time ago. Just dont do illegal stuff in the first place, i know it gets worse and worse with streaming services, but then you should rather ask yourself do i REALLY need it?.

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            10 months ago

            Its the companies choice if they want to screw their customers ( a bit the shareholders choice too, because they have the money ). Everybody knows it and everybody got screwed over by one or more company in their life. Still its your choice if you want the movies or series from that company.

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      10 months ago

      Yep. People act like they’re suddenly safe because they switch IP addresses. All those addresses are logged and can be traced by history. Heck, even VPNs can be rendered useless if they keep logs and are subpoenaed, or you forget to log out of services that communicate automatically your IP address when you switch to a VPN. Just takes a little more effort to link the VPN traffic.

      People don’t understand that the only thing between them and legal trouble is the willingness of the system to expend the effort to track them down, not that there’s any real security in the easiest methods people use to avoid detection.